Why open access?

Removes paywall barriers, enabling more equitable access for students and researchers throughout the world.

Satisfies requirement of many public and private funding agencies to make articles open access.

Types of support

Funding Support

VCU Libraries provides support for open access publishing with some publishers that require article processing charges. If you want to publish an open access article with one of these publishers, view the full guidelines and author instructions.

Royal Society of Chemistry: VCU's subscription to RSC journals includes article processing charges for up to 18 VCU authored articles each year.

The VCU Libraries Open Access Publishing Fund was decommissioned on May 15, 2020. Funding from VCU Libraries is no longer available to subsidize authors’ article processing charges (APCs) required by some open access journals. VCU Libraries encourages authors to pursue funds from other sources, such as grant or departmental funds, to pay for the full cost of article fees.

Memberships

VCU Libraries is a member and supporting institution of organizations that advocate for and support sustainable publishing infrastructure for open access books, journals, and educational resources.